Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data
Incidence Rate Report for Maine by County
All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2016-2020
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65
Sorted by Rate
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - The objective of *** is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Incidence Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The incidence rate is based upon 100,000 people and is an annual rate (or average annual rate) based on the time period indicated. Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population.Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC/APC:
- Rising when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC is above 0.
- Stable when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC includes 0.
- Falling when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC is below 0.
AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time
- Average Annual Percent Change - AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program
- Annual Percent Change - APCs calculated in SEER*Stat.
Other Notes
- Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
- Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.
Line by Line Interpretation of the Report
Maine6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 238.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 234.8 to 242.2 and 3,641 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.1 to 1.3.
US (SEER+NPCR)1
- Rate : The incidence rate is 225.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 224.8 to 225.3 and 726,500 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.2 to 0.0.
Piscataquis County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 282.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 246.6 to 323.6 and 57 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 10)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.3 to 7.7.
Penobscot County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 265.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 254.0 to 278.0 and 441 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 6)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.0 to 3.2.
Washington County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 260.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 235.3 to 287.7 and 97 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 1.0.
Hancock County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 259.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 239.5 to 279.8 and 161 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 0.9.
Knox County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 249.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 227.5 to 274.0 and 112 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (1, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 1.0.
Waldo County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 244.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 222.7 to 267.8 and 111 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (2, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.9 to 1.8.
Oxford County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 240.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 222.5 to 258.8 and 171 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (3, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to 1.3.
York County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 239.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 230.2 to 249.3 and 573 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (4, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.3.
Aroostook County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 237.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 221.3 to 255.5 and 186 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (3, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 0.3.
Androscoggin County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 237.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 224.3 to 250.8 and 280 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (4, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to 0.7.
Somerset County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 235.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 217.0 to 255.2 and 142 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (3, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 1.2.
Kennebec County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 232.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 220.7 to 245.1 and 331 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (5, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 0.3.
Sagadahoc County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 229.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 207.6 to 253.6 and 94 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (3, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 7.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to 15.3.
Franklin County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 223.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 199.8 to 250.2 and 78 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (4, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 0.7.
Cumberland County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 222.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 214.5 to 229.8 and 722 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (11, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.5.
Lincoln County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 209.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 187.3 to 233.2 and 84 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (9, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to 1.0.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/14/2024 10:18 pm.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.
^ All Stages refers to any stage in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) summary stage.
Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.
Data for the United States does not include data from Nevada.
Data for the United States does not include Puerto Rico.
When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.